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GAZETTE
JU
LY/AUGUST
1991
Minutes of the Half Yearly Meeting held
in the Great Southern Hotel, Killarney
Saturday, 4th May 1991
1. Address and welcome by
the President of the Kerry
Law Society, Mr. Donal
Browne.
Mr. Donal Browne, President
of the Kerry Law Society, said
that he was very pleased to
welcome members of the
profession and guests to Kerry.
This was the third year in
succession that the Half Yearly
Meeting had taken place in
Killarney and he was very
delighted to have been asked
to perform the opening of the
Meeting. He paid a special
tribute to the President, Donal
Binchy, who he said came
from a renowned legal family
and he urged the Conference
every success in its work.
2. Notice convening the
meeting
The Director General, Noel C.
Ryan, read the Notice con-
vening the meeting which had
been circulated to the pro-
fession prior to the meeting.
3. Minutes of the Annuel
Genersl Meeting held in
Blackhall Place, Dublin 7,
on 14th November, 1990.
The minutes of the Annual
General Meeting, which had
been published in the
December 1990 issue of the
Gazette were approved by
the meeting and signed by
the President, Donal G.
Binchy.
4. Appointment of scrutineers
for ballot for council
election 1990/91
The meeting approved of the
appointment of the following
to act as Scrutineers for the
Council Elections 1990/91:
Walter Beatty
Laurence F. Branigan
Terence Dixon
Andrew Donnelly
Eamonn Hall
Clare Leonard
John Maher
Donal O'Hagan
Hugh O'Neill
Peter Prentice
John C. Reidy
William Young
Noel C. Ryan, Director General
5. Address by the President,
Donal G. Binchy
The main points of the
President's address to the
Conference are published
separately in this issue of the
Gazette in an article by a
special correspondent.
6. Report of the Retirement
Fund
Mr. Ernest J. Margetson said
that 1990 had not been a very
good year for the Fund. How-
ever, the Society's investment
advisers in the Investment
Bank of Ireland said that
indications were that the
worst effects of the difficult
period in the equities market
were over and the Fund had
recently made a good re-
covery and was now perform-
ing well. Membership had
increased during the last year.
Mr. Margetson said that he
would encourage members to
join the Retirement Fund
which was the profession's
own Fund.
7. Solicitors' Benevolent
Associetion
Addressing the meeting, the
newly elected Chairman of
the Solicitors Benevolent
Association, Mr. Andrew F.
Smyth, said that he would ask
members to support the work
of the Benevolent Associa-
tion. There was an increasing
number of members and their
families needing the assist-
ance of the Benevolent
Association. Mr. Smyth said
that he would like to thank the
profession, Eva Tobin, Justin
McKenna, and Sandra Fisher
of the Younger Members
Committee, for their con-
tinuous support. A Golf
Outing in aid of the
Association would be held in
Nenagh shortly and Mr.
Smyth asked for the support
of the profession for this and
other events wh i ch the
Association organised.
This concluded the business of
the meeting and the President
declared the meeting closed.
Roscommon Bar
Association
Roscommon Bar Association had a
most enjoyable Annual Golf Outing
at Castlerea Golf Club on Tuesday
28th of May. A bumper turnout of
thirty five enjoyed themselves in
glorious sunshine. The Association
President, Rebecca Finnerty and
the Castlerea Mens Captain, Joe
Caulfield thanked all for attending
and handed prizes to the
following: —
Novelty prize: Mary Faherty B.L.;
Beginners Prize: Gerry Clarke B.L.
Ladies (guest):—
Helen Sweeney,
Roscommon.
Bar Association Ladies:—
Marie
Connellan, Strokestown.
Solicitors:—
1st, Chris Callan,
Boyle, Second, Terry O'Keefe,
Roscommon, Third, Harry Wynne,
Boyle.
Guests:—
First, Ray Groarke B.L.,
Second, An t ho McCormack,
Castlerea Golf Club.
Gross:—
Rupert
Staunton,
Castlerea Golf Club.
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